In
Dead Man's Folly Mrs. Ariadne Oliver is invited out to
Devonshire to create a murder. An annual festival is being put on and instead of a Treasure Hunt there will be a Murder Hunt. All is fun and games as the
Fair goes up, the
murder designed and the plot written. But with each suggestion to a change in the story Mrs. Oliver feels like something is wrong, she isn't making this story, someone else is. No one can decide on
anything odd until the murder game becomes too real for comfort.
When a child is killed and a child-like woman disappears can the famous Hercule Piorot solve the puzzle? Can he find the truth behind each casual sentence and careful life? Can he look at everything in a slightly different light and see what the picture is trying to be? All you have to do is turn the pieces a certain way and everything will fit, if only he can see.
One of the better Agatha Cristie books, things may not be what they seem.
Recommended to ages 12 and Up